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What is python used for?

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  • 14-08-2014 11:37pm
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    off.the.walls
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    I've heard about python but haven't really heard what parts of the web it is used for. Can anyone help give an insight into it please?


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    L.Jenkins
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    I hope the following link provides an adequate over view of what you need/want to know:

    https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebProgramming


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    Used for a broad range of things, I use it to write firmware for switches/routers.

    Commercial uses[edit]
    CCP hf uses Stackless Python in both its server and client side applications for its MMO Eve Online[4]
    Google uses Python for many tasks including the backends of web apps such as Google Groups, Gmail, and Google Maps, as well as for some of its search-engine internals [5]
    NASA is using Python to implement a CAD/CAE/PDM repository and model management, integration, and transformation system which will be the core infrastructure for its next-generation collaborative engineering environment[citation needed]. It is also the development language for OpenMDAO, a framework developed by NASA for solving multidisciplinary design optimization problems.
    reddit was originally written in Common Lisp, but was rewritten in Python in 2005[6]
    Yahoo! Groups uses Python "to maintain its discussion groups"[citation needed]
    YouTube uses Python "to produce maintainable features in record times, with a minimum of developers"[5]
    Enthought uses python as the main language for countless custom applications in Geophysics, Financial applications, Astrophysics, simulations for consumer product companies, ...
    EDF uses Python for their finite element solver Code Aster in combination with Fortran


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    Evil Phil
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    I've used jython within open refine when tiding up data/files.


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    cython
    Registered Users Posts: 4,766 ✭✭✭cython


    Evil Phil wrote: »
    I've used jython within open refine when tiding up data/files.

    If going as far as Jython, then several JEE compliant application servers use a variant for administrative scripting too (wsadmin for WebSphere, wlst for Weblogic, and recent versions of JBoss/Wildfly have had a similar thing too, to name just 3)


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